I am Pat Jenkins and I call Sparta home. I have been an avid horseback rider for over 55 years. I have shown on the 4-H level, open show level, AQHA and PHBA levels. I hung up my show equipment a few years ago after deciding that I wanted to see fewer outdoor/indoor arenas and fairground facilities and more of the back country and woodlands and the wildlife that calls the great outdoors home. I had been a trail rider for years but the showing was interfering with my “fun”.

I have ridden in the ocean at Padre Island in Texas, the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming, the Black Hills in South Dakota, the Ozarks in Missouri, Zumbro Bottoms, Forestville and Outback Ranch in Minnesota, Brushy Creek in Iowa and of course in our own beautiful state of Wisconsin. No matter where you have the opportunity to ride, it is great to be within easy driving dis-tance of Wild Cat Mountain and LaRiviere Park right here in Wisconsin.

By the time this is published, I will have been to the Grand Canyon/Phantom Ranch and Bryce Canyon National Park in Arizo-na and Zion National Park in Utah on a mule/horseback riding vacation.
I completed the AQHA 5000 Hour Award in 2012 and have started on the second 5000 hours. Since I was keeping track of hours for the AQHA Program, I decided to get involved with the WHC Ride/Drive Program, since I was already a member. I rode a number of different horses to complete the 5000 Hour Award.
In late August of 2013, I added a new horse to my small herd of buckskin geldings. Zhippin To The Bar was found at Shiocton and he has been just a great addition. He was not a finished horse but took to everything from a picket line to belly deep water and bees like a real trooper. He started out learning about hard work at Wild Cat Mountain and has now been to the Cross Country Ride in Eminence, Missouri. He was ridden in large groups and alone down there and never missed a beat. He’s never had an issue with anything from large groups of fast- gaited horses, traffic, airbrakes on the many semi tractors in the campground, to the swarms of mad bees that got tangled in his mane.
See you on the trails, ride safe and use good trail etiquette.

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